Team Physicians

Samuel O. Matz, MD

Dr. Matz specializes in sports medicine. His expertise is in the field of arthroscopic surgery and surgery to the knee and shoulder. He is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and is a member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Association of North America.

Dr. Matz is the sports medicine director of the women's center at Carroll Hospital Center. He is the chief of the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery and the former chief of the medical staff at Carroll Hospital Center. In addition, Dr. Matz is an instructor of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is the medical director of LifeBridge Sports Medicine at Northwest Hospital Center. He has been head team physician at McDaniel College and Mount St. Mary's College since 1987. Dr. Matz has been a team physician for Villa Julie College since the winter of 2006.

Dr. Matz received his medical degree from the University of Maryland in 1981. His one-year internship in general surgery and three-year residency in orthopaedic surgery were both at the University of Maryland Hospital. In addition, he performed a knee and sports medicine fellowship at the Southern California Center for Sports Medicine.

He has published extensively in sports medicine including articles on football, women's lacrosse and weight lifting. Dr. Matz lives in Reisterstown, MD with his wife and three daughters, all actively involved in sports.

Kenneth B. Tepper, MD

Dr. Tepper has over six years of experience in the field of orthopaedic surgery, including a Kentucky Sports Medicine Fellowship in Lexington, Kentucky, and training at the University of Cincinnati, Department of Orthopedic Surgery. He earned his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Tepper specializes in advanced, minimally invasive knee and shoulder surgery. His publications include a chapter on the examination and diagnosis of hand and wrist injuries in the U.S. Amateur Boxing Ringside Physicians Manual, and an article in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. He has hospital privileges at Northwest Hospital Center, Carroll Hospital Center and Sinai Hospital.

He is currently a consultant to U.S. Boxing, serving as a ringside physician for the U.S. Amateur Boxing Association. Dr. Tepper has worked with athletes at the Olympic, professional, collegiate and amateur level, and is a team physician for Villa Julie College. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, and is an alumnus of Pikesville High School.

Julie Rivenbark, P.A.


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